This paper outlines the initiatives the Government of Botswana has put in place with the aim to provide information access even to the most undeserved. The premise of the paper though, will be that in as much as there are ...

The concept of a learning
organisation is relevant to all twenty-first century organisations because of
increasing complexity, uncertainty and
change (Malhotra, 1996). Libraries can
benefit significantly as ...

The general
objective of this study is to investigate the library and information needs of the continuing
education students of the University of Botswana in some satellite campuses specifically in Selebi Phikwe and ...

With the constantly unfolding changes in the educational horizon, the survival and relevance of
the library as a repository of knowledge and provider of information services can only be
assured in being proactive, swift ...

Indigenous Knowledge (IK)and Indigenous Knowledge Systems(IKSs)have long been undermined especially in Africa. Due to its intrinsic values and the advancement of information and communication Technologies (ICTs), only ...

More and more companies in the developing world are desiring to export their products to the western world. How ever, in as much as the western world would wish to trade with developing countries, they need some assurance ...

Purpose – The purpose is to trace the revolution in information and communication technology (ICT)
and changes in this wake such as globalization, digital divide, information society, Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) ...

This paper reviews the state of the audio-visual
collections held by different government
institutions in Botswana. The rationale of such
review rests on the observation that although audiovisual materials constitute a ...

Seeks to demonstrate that successful implementation
of Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation
is directly linked to effective and efficient records
keeping regimes. Where records keeping systems
are poor or ineffective, ...

This article provides a summary of the major issues addressed during the general conferences of the Eastern and Southern African Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives
(ESARBICA) held between 1969 and ...

In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly
recognised that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure of scholarly dissemination.
An IR is a ...

Inconsistency and/or a lack of a clear understanding of the criteria for serial selection and evaluation have been observed to characterise the presentation of requests for
approval of serials at the University of Botswana ...

Information literacy skills are fast becoming a
global priority as society moves into the digital
environment. However, although the subject has
generated a vast body of literature, it remains an
underdeveloped domain ...

A recent model analyzing the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in development
shows promise. The model coheres with theory on contingency, the problem of reductionism,
and distinctions between deeply ...

The purpose of this article is to explore and propose a way of using power as a theoretical
anchor to investigate the information behaviour of people in work roles. The paper reviews literature on power relevant to ...

One principle of Botswana’s Long Term Vision for 2016 is ‘An educated
and informed nation’ through access to electronic and paper media and
computer-based communication. The Department of Information and
Broadcasting ...